Apron.



I. M. RUTH.

APEON.

APPLICATION FILED OCIT.11,1910.

999,263,, Patented Aug. 1,1911.

TED STATES PATENT QFFIOE.

IDA MAY RUTH, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, A SSIGNOR TO BELLA BLONDHEIM AND HENRIETTA DETTELBACH, BOTH OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

APRON.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1, 1911.

Application filed October 11, 1910. Serial No. 586,446.

certain new and useful Improvements in Aprons, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in aprons, the object being to provide a re inforced reversible apron provlded with pockets, the said pockets being formed by the reinforcement. The apron is constructed and reinforced in such a manner that one of the pockets formed therein will always open on the right hand side, regardless as to whether the apron is worn with the reverse side visible or to the contrary.

By constructing the pockets in the manner provided from the reinforcement, an effectual saving in material is prov1ded,thereby reducing the cost of manufacture over and above that of other aprons not simllarly constructed, where the pockets neces sltate additional material for theirconstructlon,

With the foregoing object 1n view, my 1nvention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter described and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawlngs Figure 1, is a view of the apron complete; Fig. 2, is a section on an enlarged scale on line w-ac of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3, is an enlarged sectional view on line y3 of Fig. 1.

A, is the skirt or body part, composed of sections a, b and c, the said sections being sewed together in the usual manner as indicated by the seams 9 and 9.

B, is the reinforcement, the said reinforcement being usually made of the same material as that of the skirt, so as to render it less noticeable, and is secured to section I) of the skirt A at the top thereof, and extends across the top of section b transversely to the length thereof; 1, is the waist-band to which the skirt A is secured, both the reinforcement B and the section b, of the skirt A, being secured to the waist-band 1, by the same means, as indicated by the sewing or stitches 2; 3 and 4 are the apron-strings, which are continuations or extensions of the' waistband 1, from the points designated 5; 6 indicates the sewing or stitches by which means the reinforcement B, at its lower edge is transversely secured to the section b of the skirt A; 7 and 8 indicate similar sewing or stitches securing the reinforcement 13' to section I; longitudinally to the length of the latter, the stltches 7 dividing the reinforcement B into two compartments forming the pock ets 10 and 11; 9 and 9 indicate the openings in the respective pockets, and are constructed respectively as follows: The seam 9 joining sections 5 and 0 is left unsewed a sufiicient.

distance below the waist-band 1, to form the opening 9; on the other side the reinforcement is left unsewed forming I the other pocket opening; the seam 9 j oinin sections a and b, continuing throughout t e entire length of the said sections;. 12 and 13 indicate the usual hems on the garment.

It will be readily seen that an apron constructed as hereinbefore described will always present a pocket opening on the front right hand side, regardless as to whether the garment be worn reversed or not, and by being enabled to wear the garment reversed, the life and usefulness of the garment is considerably prolonged.

Slight changes might be resorted to in the form and arrangement of the several parts described without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, hence I do not desire to limit myself to the exact construcsections and reinf0rcement,'whereby the un- In testimony whereof I afiix my signature attached portion 0(f1 said kreinfforcement fgrmi in presence of two Witnesses.

an 0 nin to sai 0c et rom one si e 0 the a fi'on, and the pening between the sec- IDA MAY RUTH tions above the seam terminating short of -Witnesses: the top forming means of access to said E. WALTON BREWINGTON, pocket from the other side of the apron. MARY M. MAGRAW. 

